The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Burke County-Fuller Details of the
Attack on a Physician in Baldwin
County-A Death from Hydrophobis
near Buchanan.
GEORGIA.
A man in Putnam county has finger nails
an inch and half long
Saturday j. T. Riley was commissioned 10y
the Governor as County Treasurer of Han
cock county.
Campneeting at Smyrna closed Thurs
day evening. There were thirty confessions
and fourteen additions to the church.
Col. J. H. Wallace has severed his con-
nection with the ConveTs Weekly and will
take position on the Cuthbert .4ppeai.
A strong stock company has purchased
Tate Springs, near West Point, and will be
gin at once to improve the premises, 1t is
said at no distant daY a $4,000 hotel will
be the centre of the buildings
A negro of Atlanta. crazed by religion,
rushed into tn street Friday hight half
nude begging people to cut of his convict
shackles, which he said had been put on In
the DEVILS convict camp. He was placed
in confinement.
Monday evening lobe Duncan was killed
and lobe Turner badly injured at Collins
quarry near Lithonia. The negroes were
unloading charge of dynamit" which had
failed to fire, However, it did fire just in
time to catch them.
John A. Green, living on Branchs Buck
head place in Burke county, is the first one
10 report the presence OF caterpiliars in that
county. He says they are rapidly appear
ing in his cotton, and is apprehensive of
great damage to his crop.
Several negroes of Albany formed them
selves into relief committee and placed
themselves in the hands of the physicians,
expressing their readiness to respond TO any
call made on them for the relief of the ne
groes wounded in the Brunswick and West
ern railroad accident
The Comptroller General received SaturD
day the annual tax digest from Talbot
county. The digest shows 81 ,470,3T9 worth
of taxable property. an increase over the
returns of 1876 of SO, o54. This increase is
one of the largest, all things being consid-
cred, that has yet been received, and shows
the remarkable progress and prosperity of
Talbot county.
Saturday Deputy Marshal Kelley, accom-
panied by Deputy Marshal Carter, arrived
in Athens bringing four persons, Messrs
Smith, Seymour, Bullock and Brady These
parties had been arrested IN Madison county,
about eight miles from Athens while at
tending 10 two Illicit dlstilleries. These
stills were about one mile apart and the men
were said to have been preparing mash, aud
were engaged in other duties about the still.
Eli Riley is very prosperous farmer,
and owns large lantation on the Grove
river, and has done a good deal toward de-
veloplng Banks county by digging a long
canal to strengthen tn Grove river and
open large body of bottom land Mr..
Riley, like all pushing men. has his enemies,
and they male themselves conspicuous last
week by going to NJ, RIeys hou4, and
calling for MIN, AZ. on I&i..ng to receive an
answer they fired th-oIGI the window of
the house and Smashed the window to pieces
K. H. Richards re rye W. Parrott, Rob
ert Sherwood, r. j. Lowry, w ii. Nutting,
Paul Homare and 5. f. PARROT filed an APP
phcation Saturday morning in the Superior
Court Clerks Office az Atlanta for a charter
for the Piedmont Acid Phosphate Com
pany. The capital stock of the company
will be $4,000, divided into shares of 500
and its purpose viii he to manufacture and
sell commercial feruN;o. : sulphuriC acid,
acid phosphate, etc, and to mine pyrites,
phosphates, sulphur and minerals. The
main offices and buildings of the company
will be in Atlanta.
At Atlanta Saturday, workman en-
ployed at II. NJ. Beutells stair-building and
wood working depot was instructed TO close
adoor The door worked reluctantly and
the workman gave it vigorous pull In
doing so, the jar knocked pocketbook off
the facing over the door. The book was
comparatively new, but was covered with
dust, showing that it had been above the
door long time. 1t was handed to Mr..
Beutell, who opened it, In il was found be-
tween $1,000 and 81, 900 in promissory notes.
The purse is in Mr.. Beutcll's possession, who
will deliver it TO the person who properly
describes it and its contents. The book is
supposed to have been above the door q long
time.
Two negroes who work for Col John II
Bass, in Chattahoochee county, engaged in
fight Thursday, which resulted in one of
them killing the other with knife. A squad
OF negroes were pulling fodder on the Light
ner place, near jamestown, when Sydney
Carter and negro boy, whose name could
not be learned, got into quarrel over u
fodder row, which resulted in Carter being
disemboweled by his antagonist. He died
in a few minutes, and the negro who did the
killing fled. Carter was sentenced to the
penitentiary several years ago for five years
for stealing cotton. but after serving four
years he was pardoned two months ago for
meritorious conduct. Subsequently the
murderer surrendered.
Leonard Fullbright, of Buchanan. died
Saturday OF hydrophobia. He was bitten
ON the street near his homo on the evening
OF June =, by what was supposed TO be a
rabid dog. He Immediately went to Fair
burn aud was treated by DIR. Tidwell by
having his maidstone applied to one of the
wounds made by the dog having been bit
ten on each hand and the right leg, He re-
mained at Fairburn about week receiving
treatment, and was thought to be effectually
cured. He Is said TO have felt no symptoms
Of the dreadful lnalady until last Wednes-
day evening, when an uneasy and strange
feeling came over him. On Thursday morn
ing he was thrown into commissions. and
continued to have one after another until
death relieved his sufferings at about 4
O'Clock Saturday morning. Mr.. Fullbright
was a blacksmith and was upward of IS
years of age.
Hundreds Of dodgers like the following
were scattered over Americas Saturday:
"Welcome the Chief. In obedience 10
the command OF Hon. w. II. FELTON,, OF
Barlow, the Intelligence of Sumter county
are requested to meet at the depot at 1880
o'clock, TO receive our distinguished repre-
sentative, Hon, y. G. Sliumons-the crusher
OF the Political She OF Georgia. Let none
fail 10 come. Speeches will be delivered by
distinguished citizens The ladies are
especially invited, and are assured that
they will be protected from FELTON,
slang" In response to the above call 81
crowd composed of several hundred citizens
OF Americas and Sumter county repaired TO
the depot at the appointed time 10 welcome
home their chieftain and representative
Extensive preparations had been made for
his coming. and had he been the President